W3WN
02-07-2016, 01:29 PM
So I have a few minutes this afternoon before we have to go out and run some errands. 10-10 contest is going on, and I need a few states for 10 M WAS, so what the heck.
Exchange is name, state, and 10-10 number. Easy enough, although I do have to pull the cert out to see what my number is.
Third station I work, a '6' in Arizona, informs me I have the wrong number. Seems that the gentleman who originally had this call, who has been a Silent Key for around 25 years mind you, had a 4 digit 10-10 number.
He then informs me my name and state are wrong... until it dawns on him that maybe I'm not the dead guy.
But, how creepy is it, to be informed that you must be a dead guy? ( No disrespect intended toward the original W3WN, by the way ) And get an argument about it from someone?
[ I kinda lost interest in the band for the day after that exchange. Working EA8TL on 12 meter CW is a lot more fun, and a lot less dreck. ]
Exchange is name, state, and 10-10 number. Easy enough, although I do have to pull the cert out to see what my number is.
Third station I work, a '6' in Arizona, informs me I have the wrong number. Seems that the gentleman who originally had this call, who has been a Silent Key for around 25 years mind you, had a 4 digit 10-10 number.
He then informs me my name and state are wrong... until it dawns on him that maybe I'm not the dead guy.
But, how creepy is it, to be informed that you must be a dead guy? ( No disrespect intended toward the original W3WN, by the way ) And get an argument about it from someone?
[ I kinda lost interest in the band for the day after that exchange. Working EA8TL on 12 meter CW is a lot more fun, and a lot less dreck. ]